Safety Principles
The Pollutor Pays Principle
In environmental law, the polluter pays principle is enacted to make the
party responsible for producing pollution responsible for paying for the
damage done to the natural environment. Find more info here.
IAEA Fundamental Principles
Principle 1: Responsibility for safety
The prime responsibility for safety must rest with the person or organization
responsible for facilities and activities that give rise to radiation risks.
Principle 2: Role of government
An effective legal and governmental framework for safety, including an
independent regulatory body, must be established and sustained.
Principle 3: Leadership and management for safety
Effective leadership and management for safety must be established and
sustained in organizations concerned with, and facilities and activities
that give rise to, radiation risks.
Principle 4: Justification of facilities and activities
Facilities and activities that give rise to radiation risks
must yield an overall benefit.
Principle 5: Optimization of protection
Protection must be optimized to provide the highest level of safety
that can reasonably be achieved.
Principle 6: Limitation of risks to individuals
Measures for controlling radiation risks must ensure that no individual
bears an unacceptable risk of harm.
Principle 7: Protection of present and future generations
People and the environment, present and future, must be protected
against radiation risks.
Principle 8: Prevention of accidents
All practical efforts must be made to prevent and mitigate
nuclear or radiation accidents.
Principle 9: Emergency preparedness and response
Arrangements must be made for emergency preparedness and response
for nuclear or radiation incidents.
Principle 10: Protective actions to reduce existing or unregulated radiation risks
Protective actions to reduce existing or unregulated radiation risks
must be justified and optimized.
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